Work resumes on the third day of the Lunar New Year. This is the last holiday of the year, and the new year is about to begin.
Yu Qianhe checked the time and got up. He first put the soaked rice on the small coal stove, and placed a chopstick on the pot to make sure it wouldn't overflow.
The new year begins with changing clothes. I put on the new cotton-padded jacket made by Cheng Ke, left the bedroom and came to the living room, where I saw porridge simmering on the small coal stove.
Hearing the noise, Yu Qian came out of the kitchen, holding a kitchen knife in his hand.
"You're up? It'll be ready to drink soon, just a quick boil of vegetables will do."
There were chopped greens piled on the cleaver. Yu Qianhe shoveled the chopped greens into the porridge pot. "Once it boils, take the pot off the heat and you can eat. Go wash up!"
Looking at the appetizing vegetable porridge, Liu Yun stirred it with a long spoon, causing even more steam to rise, quickly dissipating heat, and releasing the fresh aroma of green vegetables.
Yu Qianhe then brought out two more bowls and a plate.
The bowl was for porridge, and the plate contained two fried eggs, with golden-brown edges and a pale center, as well as pickled vegetables and kimchi made by Yu's mother.
That year, Yu Qian learned cooking from his parents and then from Liu Yun, and now his cooking skills are quite good.
"Don't I like my new clothes?"
Yu Qian looked at Liu Yun's clothes with mixed feelings. "At first glance, it looks a bit like the big cotton-padded coat that old ladies in the village wear, and it gets wrinkled easily. But after looking at it a few more times, it's actually quite nice. Isn't it a bit too plain?"
“Simplicity is good.” Liu Yun’s eyes gleamed with mischief as she tried to tease him again. “Why should we, as proletarian communist fighters, need to be so glamorous?”
Looking at his wife, who was now fully engaged in online work, Yu Qian shook his head helplessly.
"Everyone looks pale and sickly right now, but I look radiant and healthy. If I wear bright clothes, I'll just become a target. It's better to be simple. I look good, but my mother-in-law feels sorry for me. The whole family is saving money to let me have a good postpartum period. We are all hardworking and frugal people."
Yu Qianhe wasn't stupid; he naturally understood what he meant. After thinking about the current situation, he said, "Wife, make me a couple of outfits too!"
“Okay, no problem. Anyway, homespun cloth is cheap and easy to buy. You can replace all of it with this kind if you want.”
Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, whose beauty couldn't be hidden even in her homespun cotton clothes and old cloth shoes, he shook his head helplessly. As long as she was happy, that was fine. However, he was still quite surprised by her level of sensitivity.
Seeing Liu Yun dressed like this, everyone in the office was very surprised. "Xiao Liu, why are you wearing homespun cloth? That doesn't make sense. You're not short of money."
Is it pretty?
"What's so pretty about it? You look like an old country lady. Young girls should dress more stylishly. You look like an old lady with no vitality at all."
"But I think it's pretty good!"
Everyone asked a few questions casually and then stopped talking. They started cleaning and working, talking about the latest gossip during the New Year: who got married, who was a person you could only know by their appearance... Only a few people who were usually jealous of Liu Yun had a playful smile on their lips. They all said that her in-laws doted on her, but now it seems that's just how it is!
The situation has become increasingly tense this year, and some people have already sensed the tension. Seeing this, many people have let their children take over their jobs, so everyone has been quite busy this year. Every now and then, they have to go through the procedures for taking over the job. Many people and many positions have also changed for various reasons. Because they are so busy, time has flown by this year.
Time had passed in fits and starts, and it was already December. At the end of the month, a call was issued for "educated youth to go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants." This sparked a nationwide upsurge of educated youth going to the countryside.
She now has a formal job, is married and has children, so it's not her turn to go to the countryside.
When Liu's mother saw the policy, she exclaimed for the blessings of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Liu Jing couldn't help but admire her younger sister's resourcefulness; she had foreseen all of this.
As soon as she got off work, Liu Yun headed to the textile factory and caught up with Xiao Zhihua. "Brother-in-law, can you buy that kind of thick fabric for autumn and winter military uniforms?"
"Sure, how much do you want?"
"Let's make five or six sets of clothes!"
Come pick it up on Sunday.
"Thank you, brother-in-law."
Sure enough, you can hardly see anyone wearing a dress shirt on the street anymore; everyone is wearing military-style uniforms, and military green has become the mainstream color.
Xiao Zhihua was indeed very reliable. The fabric arrived in no time, and he also brought her a brown leather belt. When she wore her military pants with this, she would be the most stylish girl.
Liu Yun immediately delivered it to Cheng Ke, told her the style she wanted, left two ten-yuan bills, and left.
Cheng Ke was also very efficient, finishing all the clothes in three days. After dinner, Liu Yun couldn't wait to try them on.
Yu Qian was stunned when he came in after taking a shower and saw his wife trying on clothes.
Liu Yun was wearing a white shirt, green military pants, and a brown leather belt that tightly cinched her slender waist. She also had a green military satchel slung across her shoulder. She stood by the bed with a smile in her eyes.
In that instant, something crashed into Yu Qian's heart.
He felt hot all over and his mouth was dry, but he felt like he was frozen in place.
Until Liu Yun asked, "Does it look good?"
He then realized, "She looks beautiful. My wife is the most dazzling one."
Yu Qian cannot deny that even though they are married and have children, Liu Yun still has a fatal attraction for him, just like when he fell in love at first sight. It started with her looks and ended with her soul and personal charm.
Tonight will be another sleepless night. The full moon hangs high, and its cool light shines on the ground, as if covered with layers of thin frost.
After learning that Liu Yun had recently taken a liking to military uniforms, Yu Qianhe sent a letter to Yu Qianwu in the army. In less than a month, two sets of women's military uniforms and two sets of men's uniforms were sent over.
Seeing the clothes, Liu Yun remembered Yu Qianwu and Li Juan from the army. They had sent her a lot of fabric, milk powder and malted milk powder a while ago. She could ask them for things, but she wasn't familiar with them now. However, she could still build a good relationship with them, right?
Moreover, judging from the things this sister-in-law sent, she must be a generous person, unlike the second and third sisters-in-law. Since they sent so much, she had to reciprocate.
It's cold in the north, but she has no shortage of fabric and cotton. After asking Yu's mother about the sizes, she made cotton-padded jackets for Li Juan and Yu Mian. As for Yu Qianwu and Yu Feng, she sent them shoes and yarn so that Li Juan could make them herself. She also had plenty of dried vegetables and other things in her space. Since the gifts they sent were so generous, she couldn't be too stingy.
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